Virtual Machines, an old technology.

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QuickTransit software allows software applications that have been compiled for one processor and operating system to run on another processor and operating system without any source code or binary changes. QuickTransit’s breakthrough hardware virtualization technology provides 100% functionality, transparent graphics and interactive performance, near-native computational performance and allows virtually any processor/operating system pair to be supported (Features). QuickTransit allows computer OEMs to rapidly increase the number of user-written and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) applications available on their platforms; it enables ISVs and internal software development groups to eliminate porting costs; and it allows IT services companies to migrate their customers’ legacy applications to modern platforms at a fraction of the existing cost (Benefits).

QuickTransit for x86. Allows application binaries compiled for a MIPS®, POWER™, PowerPC™ or mainframe processor to run on an x86-based computer. Application binaries compiled for other processors will be supported soon. Operating system call mapping from any Unix/Linux-like operating system or any mainframe operating system to any Unix/Linux-like operating system is supported.

QuickTransit

[jaclaz]

Very interesting, thanks, but does it actually works?

Customer Successes

Transitive's initial focus has been to work with computer OEMs. To date, we have closed six of the world's largest computer OEMs. Each of these computer OEMs is seeking broad ISV and customer-written software support for their platforms. We anticipate that two of these computer OEMs will deploy products enabled by our technology by the end of 2004 and early 2005. Unfortunately, strict confidentiality obligations prevent us from saying more about these relationships at this time.

Transitive has also recently begun working directly with ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) and Internal Software Development Groups. We expect announcements of relationships with these companies to coincide with public announcements with our computer OEM customers.

Please refer back to this web page for updates on our customer successes.

To me, this sentence does not seem a promising one:

To date, we have closed six of the world's largest computer OEMs.

jaclaz